Thiamethoxam Seed Treatments Have No Impact on Pest Numbers or Yield in Cultivated Sunflowers

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2665-2671

  Bredeson, Michael M ^a   Lundgren, Jonathan G ^a,b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

clothianidin; Helianthus annuus; herbivore; metabolite; neonicotinoid

Indexed keywords

NITRO DERIVATIVE; OXAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAMETHOXAM; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BIOMASS; INSECT; PLANT SEED; SUNFLOWER;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; HELIANTHUS; INSECTS; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OXAZINES; SEEDS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84952701139     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/tov249     Document Type: Article

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